Defn: To chirp or chirrup. [ Prov. Eng.] Forby.
CHIPPER
Chip"per, a.
Defn: Lively; cheerful; talkative. [U. S.]
CHIPPEWAYS
Chip"pe*ways, n. pl.; sing. Chippeway. (Ethnol.)
Defn: A tribe of Indians formerly inhabiting the northern and weastern shores of Lake Superior; — called also Objibways.
CHIPPING
Chip"ping, n.
1. A chip; a piece separated by a cutting or graving instrument; a fragment.
2. The act or process of cutting or breaking off small pieces, as in dressing iron with a chisel, or reducing a timber or block of stone to shape.
3. The breaking off in small pieces of the edges of potter's ware, porcelain, etc.
CHIPPING BIRD
Chip"ping bird`. (Zoöl.)